The Latest Breaking News from Ireland

Microsoft Rewards halts daily point earnings in Edge after killing the Xbox app in just a week — No more freebies!

Microsoft reportedly removes Rewards point earnings for Edge. Initially seemingly only affecting the UK and Ireland, it's since spread further.

Windows Central · Nov 30, 2023

Shane MacGowan: a timeless voice for Ireland’s diaspora in England

During a concert in Dublin in 2022, Bob Dylan paused between songs to pay tribute to another singer-songwriter who was in attendance that night. “I want to say hello to Shane MacGowan”, said Dylan, praising MacGowan as one of his “favourite artists”.

The Conversation · Nov 30, 2023

Dublin riots: Conor McGregor accuses Irish officials of making him ‘scapegoat’

Police are said to be investigating former martial arts star’s social media posts before and during violence

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2023

New centres to research climate change and food sustainability

The co-centres will bring together academics, industry and policymakers across the Irish Government, UK Government and Stormont departments.

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2023

Envoys of six Nations present credentials to President Droupadi Murmu

The President accepted credentials from ambassadors and high commissioners of Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia, Malaysia, Mali, and the Marshall Islands. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Nov 28, 2023

‘This is a wake-up call’: Booker winner Paul Lynch on his novel about a fascist Ireland

The writer was on the operating table for cancer, then exactly a year later he found out his nightmarish vision had made the shortlist. He reveals why the words for Prophet Song came out with such urgency, there was no time for paragraph breaks

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2023

Neil Lennon 'keeping fingers crossed' over Republic of Ireland job

Neil Lennon says he is "keeping his fingers crossed" over landing the Republic of Ireland job.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 27, 2023

Xenophobia sparks far-right Dublin riots

"We saw last night in Dublin a consequence of politicians spending years demonizing immigrants," critic says

Salon · Nov 27, 2023

Ireland's Paul Lynch on winning 2023 Booker Prize with novel 'Prophet Song'

Irish writer Paul Lynch's Booker Prize-winning fifth novel is a timely and urgent book described as powerful, claustrophobic and horribly real, capturing the social and political anxieties of our time. The book is set in a dystopian Dublin in the grips of totalitarianism. Some of the themes of "Prophet Song"…

France 24 · Nov 27, 2023

Irish ambassador called to Israeli ministry in ‘overreaction’ to Varadkar remark

Leo Varadkar said an ‘an innocent child who was lost has now been found’ after Hamas released nine-year-old Irish-Israeli hostage Emily Hand.

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023